A new business called the Ice Cream Float, the summer job of a teenager from Rutland, is turning heads on Vermont’s Lake Bomoseen.

A new business called the Ice Cream Float, the summer job of a teenager from Rutland, is turning heads on Vermont’s Lake Bomoseen.

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 12:48 PM EDT Aug 1, 2016

Hide TranscriptShow Transcript

WEBVTT THAT'S MAKING A REAL SPLASH AT APOPULAR LAKE.WPTZ'S JACK THURSTON INTRODUCESUS TO HI>> WHERE SO MANY ARE PLAYING,ADDED MAYS HARD AT WORK.THE 17-YEAR-OLD ENTREPRENEUR ISIN HIS FIRST SUMMER OF SMALLBUSINESS OWNERSHIP.HE PULLS UP TO RESIDENTS OF DOCSOR EVEN TO PASSING BOATS TOSERVE ICE CREAM AND OTHERTREATS.THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR USED HISSAVINGS TO BUY AN OLD PONTOONBOAT AND GOT HELP FROM HISPARENTS AND FAMILY FRIENDSCONVERTING IT INTO THE ICE CREAMFLOAT.>> LAST SUNDAY WAS REALLY GOOD.>> A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THEFUTURE.>> THE MOST REWARDING PART?MAKING FAMILIES HAPPY.>> I HOPE YOU ARE VERYSUCCESSFUL.>> OR HAPPIER, REALLY.>> THERE IS NO ONE REALLY ANGRYIT SEEMS.>> WHY WOULD THEY BE?[LAUGHTER]>> EXCEPT FOR THE PARENTS THATDON'T WANT TO BUY ICE CREAM.>> THE ICE CREAM FLOAT IS GOINGTO KEEP FLOATING THROUGH ATLEAST LABOR DAY.

Rutland teen starts business selling ice cream on Lake Bomoseen

A new business called the Ice Cream Float, the summer job of a teenager from Rutland, is turning heads on Vermont’s Lake Bomoseen.